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THE TIMES.
.hiirsdav. Fob. 21
IHh llmto NtWorArtuO It may sound trivial to say tins, but when one j
- . -1 pips to reflect that th-re ar more than rt ooo.noo ,
BY THE LAKE CdUNTY PRINTING & PUBLISHING pleasure oars in ue in America and that each can burn
COMPANY. j from three to sir calions of the precious fluid every Pun-j
tiny t tia.. an outing is taken in the car. one resuuy can ,
eo tint such an on, ins means that the already 'scant j
,Kt Ch;va-!nd:3!in HarN.r, da.ly .x.-pt ; supply liss len mad.- shorter by several millions of gal-
Wi'h the supply decreased anil the government
The
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filter
iinty Tiiiifs
..! 1. 1 tin- p.'
-Dally
.lolfloj
two' Saturday ' '
in Hammond. June
Lake County's
Roll of Honor
N o v -
Tin; Tin
s i". i.iv, F-.tered -U the post-ifa..! hi Ka't Chicago.
W S. 1913. . ' wm '- -
The l.;iKf (.'unty Time Situ-day and vky n-i.t:vn. j j., lr.. ni'Mk't a;- a hoavv ImviT to supply til,' t housands ;
::-it,-,.,( at t i.,t.,f(,- !?i Hi.rn-n.,.,.! l' h i ! a r v . 151.1. " . I
'i'h- O ry Evening rim- Daily eiept Sunday.
ttreii at, ,,- post of C.i-f in uary, April 19. 1!1-'
V.i midei tiif a.-t of March IS TV. as
n.n'tor. , . ' ' or evuenso to conduct its :nilturv operation?.
1 lors.
En- . of motor trucks it is ;ihii;iine to Frsin'f lor the army.
ind-c'as the price will rise- and the Roverum'TP will be at a great-
rOHEIIiV
AU KIlTISlNtS C1'KI i:.
I
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"As every or.; familiar with tin tvr situation j
'.vs." said an army matt recen'ly, "gasoline is one of j
TKI.EI'HOK.
! i :e nr. :;, i prl". ts JP!ins) 350
; Call t'oi v hat aver department wan;
,'!irv t" T T,
Nars.ni Tiiompi.m, Kast Ouicag . . . .
F L- Fvstis. Fist '.. -ico
Ksci Ovcago. The i ooe
Didiana Harbor t News Deal-M i
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BRITISH TOMMIES FIR MI. Y HOLD THE EIXE IX FLANDERS
AND WARM THEIR HANDS WITH GERMAN" ETOT7TD FIRE
Point .
riei- and Class.
i the r.ltlmate winnins of th v ar is very grea. It pro- ;
' "1!! ' p'-!s sii'miarlnes. f.yini: ina chines and motor trucks and'
relph..n- --R amh'ilances. The r Tilled Srates Is the srratear prociicer
. . V".ion
. ;-... .,:;,, i- . of this '.'.r-r.rodnct ot petroleum, aud pll wo cn produce
Adv. . Trlvphore '
. . . . . .Tfi'l'h .-r. ?'-M
'i t- ic- ao-n 1 J
! hasten a victorious conclusion of the I
Larger Pald-Up Circulation Than Any Two Other Papers
in the Calumet Region.
if v.. i have any trmibU geilr.iK Th T'ni trinUe com
" u:r' initTd:ataly to the -tr-.i!atl.n department.
Tiie Tm will nut be responsible f.T ti;" rt :;r. of
a.-iy in, -' I'M i " J arti.Is or letter mid will not notice nn.
: s t-..ii'nrinl-"t!ons. Short signed loiters i.f ijeiiral
.'.frsl ;-;.n".sj at d'.".-.'e..o'i.
v n r.
it seems o m thai the owners of pleasure cars
cm ffec ;i area' savins: in gasoline If they r;r 1o do ao
In the godsons v. hen ou'ings and pleasure tours are in
ordof. Shor. trips and no', too many will result in a rug
ssvir o Kasoliic. wtth'mt rohbing th? ar imnr of
their pleasure?. And here is the fine par, about this
thrift that is. one of the fro points: the money saved
in tanoline can he turned into I !.;. i'o.id", and I.i'o- j
eriy iioT5','s can iu 'he v a r. Tfi' Than ho is willing ,
; save ga-ioline now and m rn his savings ovei to the i
, "in "ifn villi be aide in h" future to tpke ail the lonp '
1 ours
v.
caif . to, anti lu '
a 'i- t(, ; idf
as a v. ( tor.
THRIFT STAMPS.
MRS. VANDERBILT'S SACRIFICE.
THE TIMES is pleased to accede to the wish of !
ta- executive oiEcers or the war saTiDga committee
in announcing that Lake county"? Quota of the $2,000,
U' U.OCO War Cavings and Thrift Campaign is 2,&17,S2'
This quota is computed on a basis of $20 for every man,
woman and child in Lako county.
WASHINGTON. ;-Vb. 2.--Xlr.s. Corneous
'. ndci bilt if It the r.'ro-h of war today. t?lie
j v .U nied ;i nrr.v.te c.r by liirector (o.-nei al
i MoAdoo to go from N"-w York to Spartan-
! ' rirpc. P. t'., whoie h-n i;u.'nnd, I'dIohW Van-
j d fit. is ;:tatione('.. S;i oven offered to
! oav f irty fares in oid-v to pret an exclusive
' :: lui, the railroad rtdm'nistrHtion rulel
; tint would bo a waste: of fuel and motive
j power. News dispatch.
! Poor woman: No more pitiful story bas come out
j of the war i his- tins. Pictui e in vour mind's eye the din-
V omen to wort tor the Ked iross tlan mere is at pres- , trf.ss aIlii asony ,-,f it: The hnual XicAdoo declines to!
ent. mere are Hen Lroas worn rooms in every city lH lwr havp a I!;.jva,e car. jj5 rompe'.led to sit in a
in the county and yet how comparatively few women j eomtnou ordinary eveiy-day Pi;!lman. to be gazed at by
lia-fc ever been Ir.slde of them. , 'the hoi polloi. iv-rhaps in parsing to her section her j
The bulk of the work bas been done, by a few J Rnf.r,i.. ;-Mon js .-uciden-ally touched by some profane'
w oir.en who are really sacrificing their time and it is cn?9 ho ia in business. She has 'to breathe t iie same air j
a,-: si-ecious time for them as it is for j ou. madam, to I that ihe rude brake man breathes in passing through the:
WOMEN, YOU ARE NEEDED.
There has never been any more urgen.
need for
X.ak Couaty'a dead tm tha yrr
wltb Qarmany and Aoatrla-aasu
ra-rys
HOnKRT MAHKMIT. Ham
mond; drowrxtd off coast of New
Ji-rsey. May 23.
liK.VXJS HANNONu Indian
Harbor; ptorr.aitia poison, at Fort
i let iirope, Chattanooga, Tnn.,
June U.
FRANK M-ANI.ET. Ind.ana
Harlior; k-.Ued in France st Bat
tle of I. die. Anjr 15.
ARTHUR UASKI.Kt'- liara
niunJ: iyd at Lin prlnK3. Tex.,
of jpti.al ninln!t!,. August 28.
JOHN' SAMttKOOKS. Kast Chi
cae: ki!id in Fran'-e. Strpt. 16.
A RT! J I H ; .l'V;".T''-'N', Gary;
i: J ti--i :i. France. l't. 31.
i.IKUT. JAMKS VAN' ATT.V.
Osry: I;!lled at Vnny I'.ldge.
.TAMKS MAi'KINZIc:, Cary:
killed at Vtrr.y Uide.
l"iU'H BIF.DZJKI. i:st Ch!
r:.i!o; killed In Frari-e. Nov. 27.
Tl. ULTiTOX IIUXPLHT. Gary;
killed in a iatlen accident at
Taliaferro nelda. Uverinan. Tav.,
1.-. 1, 1317.
HAHIIT CFTIIBFKT LOXO.
Indiana Harbor; killed in acci
dent at FL RUss. Texas, Dec. 18.
HFKWOGIt PICKIN.OV, Low
'1; died somen Item in Frajice, of
tine jritonia. Ieo. 12.
l'PWARD C-KOSTB.VDK Ho
hut: fcillsd by explosion 1b
France. Dec. t".
S?Z& Stfwa tct-'a
- Ji. 14 " ' 1 5 ' " -u fogies
I JLc.-a - in i ar --t mt-- " -- ,i5NMe
VytiilfcliiinwiiiiM i'i iMiiiifWiKi Hi,, in
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ft
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'The British Navy has not only ! three and a half years sgn, the Bnt-) The British Army now constats of
memS
held the sea bo that every ship fly-! h Army today i marchincr on to
inE the German na has to duck un- r'ew. toriea in Palestine ar.a stand.
er the waves when a British ar-livea mi(rhty b,ow in attack or
ship comes along," said an omcer of j successfully withstand the. shock of
any attempt the Lrermans may make
to break tnroujrh.
The British Army has been toc
s ha ken by every reanifestation of
German xrisfhtfulness. Major Don-
aid Guthne declares Utat during an
the British and Canadian Recraitin?
Mission today, "but the British
Army has dona its full share in hold
ing the line in France end Belgium
and in pushing tiiat line back to
wards the German frontier. Today
in Flanders and France the British
about four million men, bat more
men ara needed to end the war
quickJy. Now is tha time for the
200,000 Britishers and Canadians in
the United States to spring to arms
and help beet the Kaiser.
"Why should a man wait to be
drafted?" said the British officer
first quoted, "when he has the glori
ous priviiefre of volunteerinjf hi
serrices now ? Every roan Is needed.
r3
RIANT
I attack by German flame throwers he ! and a steady gcppJy of men must go
xorwarti every weexv
prepare for the day when bleeding United States sol
dier-n will need the bandages and other
Red, Cross workers are preparing.
car. Oh. the horror of it, the sacrilege!
relief luatt i.al j vCu give up your sugar, your pork, your Sour, your
i money, your sons for the f ar. but Mrs. Vrnderbilt, look
c is giving up her private car. Heaven help
BROWN'S LATEST MOVE.
Women of Lake county the lied Cross needs you. j what sh
Vo'u have taken a membership in this organization, low ! ur;
havo enrolled your children. That's all vr-i;. fine Your i
it-iV-ort is needed and appreciated. Bui vour duty does i
not end there. Potuebody must do the actual work which ;
makes the Red Cross the guardian angel of Americas! T? action of Mayor Brown of Hammond in order
flahtine men. declares the l.fvetle Conrie:- rfon.et.A.lv ! g the removal of chairs from saloons looks to a great
must, cut ami trim the bandages, prepare the surcieal nian" people like kicking a man when he's down just j
dressings and make ready the other necessities r.hichifor lhp satisfaction of his o n personal spite. What the)
go forward to our heroes at the front. It is essentially j loonmen ill do a. bout it remains to be seen, because
woman" s work. They must be sent ou in ever increasing I la-vers dec,ar thhl rhor is ab!,o!uK,-v no law lhat rr-
numbers, there must be no delay. Just now there is ! ;i:1:s lLo iuan r surh an order- u w Mayor j
a shortage of workers at the Red Cross workshops. Some i Brown's right to insist on .law enforcement. It was
i;;s ngnt 'o close the saloons on Sunday anil to forbid
THE POLITICAL
WORLD
III INDIANA
rrom TVB TOtrs Owa Xa.
ssaaypUo Btirsmtu
and French hold everv nrominent no- t has seen the British Tommies in the
Mtion and tactical advantage. Today j trenches actually warming their
in the entire area of the war no army , hands as the liquid fire came near,
is better fed, better clothed, better I "When the British Tommies ara
a med or better cared for in every holding a trench." continued Major
i i - .at. a. ... a , ' v ' i . s- j . s
p MTicuiar man we cniian Army. Lruwine, "ine iiermans cannot ar: e t motor rrucKs, can De moved swif tlv
Starting with a small army poorly; them out. The only way they can j from place to place. Many a hostiie
e uipped and with inferior artillery ; get them out is to blast them out." i aeroplane have they accounted for.
The Eritiih Tommies have become
adept in the use of a machine grin
of Am eriean design, and their mobile
anti-aircraft grins, mounted on bis:
of the novelty of this patriotic work bas worn oft' and a
great many workers who formerly reported regularly j
at the workshops are no longer in evidence there. It is
not because they are atiy less patriotic; it is not ie-
TM1KH ni'RFAl AT
STATU rM'ITAI..
l.VL'JAN'AIX'LIS. Feb.
do with Jos-ph K. Itell,
1. What to
scan and democrats alike, agreed that .
a conspiracy had been proved and they J
convinced Ferret. He is now in the j
Atlanta FedTai prison for a five yejri
t.-r.n.
Felt, ho ever, was regarded a the
real bead and front of the machin
tiiat ran demo' ratic politics here, and
the publh; had the idea that lit- was
responsible for whatever was done. It
was difficult for i.iost poopl" to flgjure
out how a jury could fail to convict
fScll on the Fame evidence on which
Ferrott was convicted.
? coiise. Hell and ht administra
tion were discredited in. this city as
perhaps no ether ity administration
pw
L- a J
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5f H:7
IN Omaha
THEY are nroiiiiis unboin babes in
the lied Cross
the inj
I of lndmnsi"
of can's in saloons, hut it looks very much that nc.-.v tn
former mayor .,.re f.Ver was. Therefore, when the j
cause they are losing their interest in America's holy
cause; it is not because they are not just as eaarer as
ever to hely ot- heroes who have gone to the front i
tor no It l aimniv a ea nf nntnronr i.-.na i f,.r.i,t 7"- in the Lcited States, it rather looks as if Brown
Tlie women of this county have responded nobly io every
natriotic appeal that has grown out of the country's great
emergency. They may be depended upon to do their full
if a serious question ju- diogi-f.d and failed to convict
es' tlie minds of demo- j,,,, t,, pe.-.pie we: e d iH r polnted. Bell
crat in Indiana. Bt'.l " tiied in the, j0t his control cvit the local demo
Federal court on a charge of consplr- c ratio outfit whi n he b'.-came thorough-j
acy to v cilate the election law In y digcredltfd In his administration.
1914. and the Jury last Sunday fore- 8n( rr.any democrats breathed a s-ieh
irisen before crowds in Hammond and declared that it ; noon disagreed and was dK-harged. ,0f relief when they thought that the
I"iv demnerats and one prohibition- ! party was rid of his domination in
icts 5tood out for conviction and six the cits'. But now that the Jury has
republicans voted for conv iction. They failed to convict and He!l Is still here
as if he was determined to fro out of his way to be par
ticularly vindicative io the saloonmen, when he ordered
chairs and tables, to be removed. When ministers have
was tlie most, mora! and the best policed city of its!
was out for rt?ven?e.
Nobody has any criticism against the mayor for
stopping the bis; poker games, if they are stopped, and
duty in every phase of war work entrusted to there. !for outtin oul Pi-tuWine, if it is cut out, but to practi-
until the. war is won and our boys come home to receive i
nation's reward. Certainly this later call
Cnlly dose up the saloons because thtue are a few of
i
said they could not agree on the nues- these democrats do not know what to
do aDOUt It. 1 lint ne ruum musin ma
tion of whether a conspiracy had been
roved. Judtfc OeiKr, who was on the.
bench at the trial, told the jury in his
instructions that a conspnaoy had been
established by the evidence, but five
them thai permit;
ft fcraieful
;c duty will be answered with enthusiatie. nnanimltv. i looKf flnsru,ar fo a reat many people, ir juobabl;
The lied Cross workshop will ha fiiu.i in .r-n-c means that the day is cominsr when Hammond will be
with, willing workers. Report immediately;
d worn n to enter their back rooms I democrats and one prohibitionist could
(closed up lis'tit as a drum on Sunday when it won't be
possible, to buy a newspaper, a stick of gum, a pint of
j milk, or a gallon of gasoline, it will probably mean the
abolishment of baseball and football. on Sunday; it will
making an investigation into the coal .-ho:t-lno doubl cU):'" u" ev"v movinS P'cu,rft tater in the
city. U will not mem, of course, that Hammond's thirsty
aAdLROADS AND THE COAL SHORTAGE.
Ater
uo the New York World announces;
"There is no coal problem in the 1'nited
States, and there he 3 not been one this winter.
"What there has been is a transportation
problem, and which is still far from solution.''
The World proceeds to accuse railroads of letting
their equipment run down, of not ordering enough cars'
nr.d of beinc noo.OOO cars short rieht now.
That is all true. Railroads have ben and are short I
of cars and r-cjuipmen's.
But why not find out why the railroads are short,
arc not ordering, hf:ve riot boon ordering.
The World mitth remomoer (hat railroads can raise
rates only with the consent, of a cm-erntiK nt asencv.
As for labor and materials th railroads have had to ;
pay what, was asked In the face or tripled and quad-
ruplcd wholly uncalled for prices of st-el and her.ee '
or t-oui;inient, in the face of car works making munitions ;
bfctinuse thy paid bet'er thn making cits to w-at ev-'
' n are the railroals to be relived of :-o;uo o ;
blame'.' !
The World lias shown us that there is a coal short- !
iisre because there is a car shortage. Now H.t it fmd out j
v. hy there is a car shortage. It will he an undertaking !
v orthv of the World. !
; cannot ge; all the relief th-2y want, for they will simply
i htivo to walk a few steps across the state line and get
all they want, and there will be more drunks in Ham
j mond on Sunday in one hour then than there is now in
; six months.
riot see It in that nay.
The evidence was almost identical
with the evidence that was given on
the trial of fanuid V. Feriott, former
chief of police, who was charged with
the same offense, and in that case all politics.
of the members of the. jury, "repubh- One of the peculiar featurs of the
old forces and inn things in the party
in the same old way seems to be
little doubt, and that is what many
democrats fear he will do.
If he were to start in to ritore
himself to party domination here there
would be no way to stop him. It is
meiely a question of whether he wish
es t' undertake it or whether lit- has
had enough of the stormy sea of local
AMBULANCES ARE NOT SPARED BY
DELIBERATE SHOTS OF THE HUNS
THE New York World says thai "when Chairman
! Hays goes to Washington to confer with the G. O. P.
i leaders, ail he'll have to do is to see Senator Penrose."
j Well it won't be necessary for him to hunt up Col. E. M.
i House, at all events.
fill CcinKiiis bain.g hog-tied the Russian bear,
i'lCt-'-d hi, i tet-iii, (rimmed hiy clav. s, and kicked him
:r. V
fit'
good ami plenty, will now proceed to shool i
ANOTHER sign oi
magnates as to wb-.
SAVE GASOLINE AND EUY BONDS.
As spring comes on and the roads improve, the au
tomobile owner will get out his car. Before be tune? jt
up for the first, long Sunday tour with his family, it would
b well at this time for bim to reflect that eery gallon
oi gasoiine he uses will mean that. . gallon of sasoiine
cannot be used for a motor truck hauling provisions and j mand for rent less Mondays.
PETEY DIXK No Walking "W hen Iln Can Uulr Willi a Qiu-r-n.
WITH ore cannon factory nearly done nt Indiana;
Harbor and rno;hT one under way in Gsry we would,
like to see the part of Indiana that would dan to de- j
tli.ro any kind oi' a war on Lake county. j
Jl'ST as soon as we can get around to it we ere
going to see MeAdoo about stopping that whistling en- i
gir.f that breaks our dreams each midnight. j
&z2z TH -1
--. -h :--: Tw to.,'- .' ., j-V
THIS will give the neighbor "omen
out there
KOMI" rapturous speculating to do and
a chance to pull that
"CH-my-goodness-did-i ou-know" stuff.
AFTER a man's married
IIB r.ever breaks as mer.y cigars in
his vest pocket as he
USED to do while be was single.
"WHAT'S become of the
OLD fashioned woman vho
t'SEP to say, "Now you've just sot tc
eat some more of these waffles and
cream cravy
BECAUSE they won't keep'.-
SOMEHOW we feci that this war will
be a great thing for the people
YOU are just as likely to smell boil
ed cabbage nowadays iu some swell flat
'AS you are in the humblest cottage.
HERE'S old Tom Marshall acaln
mtAINS will win this war over brute
force," bo says
WHY not send Tommy over to tha
T BENCHES without a rifle and noth
ing but his
BRAINS and sec how
MUCH of the -wsr r.'d in?
POME men ar cogs in the wheels of
prepress and some
ARE Just dvgs.
BOLO PASHA whs i aim w ben eru
cneed to be shot sa a dispat. b
WELL, why shouldn't he?
THAT guy's been married thre. tir.ics.
THE war is nine months old and ,t
we have failed to note itiat
A SFNelLE w?r profiteer hus
punifhed by the government.
ben
THE young lady na;
goods
at the dress
COUNTER and put
cat
hr pin so on the
COUI e,
THEN becoming tired
SHE sat down, sitting
the purse.
PUT she rose suddenly
FOR her purse you see contained lirr
pin money.
FRIEND of ours wants io see some
body lick hell out of the kaiser if for
NO other reason than the war dou;,h
balls that the lamp of his footsteps
MADE him for dinner the other night.
WHAT always
DUMFOUNPS tt? is how a womau
can talk a blue streak
AND knit out of three different skeins
like a bouse afire and
NEVER get the yarns mixed.
JI'ADOO sas there is a terrific r-tra.it
on traffic
JI'ADOO is also a terulic strain on
the people of this country.
caje is that Perr-tt was convicted, and
so were several other., and a larje
number of the defendants vharged in j
the same indictment with them ana
r.cll nleaded KUilty to tp oharce-
,.nsp irn.-y. And yet fv dem
ml one prohlbttioniyt failed t.,
f
crats
see a
sprine; usual announcement of
ire will cost more this summer.
WORRIED teQarit, peeing success
i.-'ration, demands rent administration.
of food admin
Mav lead to de-
A Red Cross ambulanre reduced to kindling wood by a German shell.
A well directed, deliberate aim and not a stray shot, as the Hun might
have us believe, made wreckage of this ambulance on the British front in
France. Firing on the Red Cross is only one of the foe's many ways of
expressing his ruthlessness.
In
:!d re-
ift'T the next
c'ltispn ucy.
There are some who row he!. eve that
Ferrott will be reUas'd from prison
within a short time, unless the Co.vern
tnen de, ides to try Bell and th thirty
other remaining defendants a sain.
tbt case Ferrott rrooaVily
main in the prison until
trial, at least.
K0v,.ral Oary republicans, including
Mayor .Johnson, who also are under in
dictment charged w:tn conspiracy to
commit election frauds, will eo on trial
in the Fedeirl ce-urt next Tuesdav le-
fore .Iud?e And rsn and a
snecta! venire of thirty mm!
drawn f-u serivec on tlv jui in that
i ns-.
A Simple Way to
Remove Dandruff
ha
A
- c-n
Thre is one sure way that has never
failed to remove dandruff at on,', ati i
that i io dissolve ii, then you destroy
it entirep. . To do this, just Set ob.'.. t
four ounces of .plain, c " n it, n liqu
jtrv-n fre"i nny drug st.-re this
all "'i w id need . arr'iy tt at r.'shi
when retii ring: ti."" eni-ush to moisn
the sc-jtp and rub it in gct.tty v-ith th
finger tips.
My morning, ic.yt, if not all of v,y;v
dandruff will 1 sroti". and thre---fc.-jr
more application will c-unpieteF
dissolve every single slcn and trn 'c of
It. no matter how rr.'i. h dindruff
:r.a-- have.
You will f.nd s 11 itching and l inn.'
of th s.-alp pill stop instan'ly. arv-i
your hair li flufTy. lustrous, ri os
ry, sill'.y and soft, s.nd JmU and ("l
a h'mdr'd times better. Ad-'.
By C. A. V0IGHT
- " OH ? PRiMo- j-S ' Noo know ) V V(.eKS. Jp3 v tn i ukeo VOUVD V-f VFake, I ft
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